Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2013) Runner-up
Tara Lee Morin
たら・りー・もりん
Tara Rī Morin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- remote First Nations community in northern Manitoba
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- series of foster homes in Manitoba
Career
- Occupations
- poet, memoirist
- Active Years
- 2010-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature | As I Remember It | — | — | finalist |
Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature
2013
Work:
As I Remember It
Result:
finalist
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
As I Remember It
2011 memoirA memoir of her childhood in foster homes after being removed from her birth family, adolescent struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, criminal activity, and prostitution, and her rebuilding of life in a positive direction. Published in 2011 by Theytus Books, a First Nations literature publisher.
foster careaddictionrecoveryIndigenous experience
Bibliography
- As I Remember It
Health
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drug and alcohol abuse思春期involvement in criminal activity and prostitution
Legacy
Canadian Indigenous writer known as a finalist for the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature.